Month: November 2011

Delhi, November 03: Both are just 24 months old, but already superstars in their own right. Shahrukh and Salman, as the entire Jama Masjid area calls them, have the highest price tag ahead of Eid-ul-Adha on Monday, claims proud owner Mohd Parvez.

According to Parvez, both Salman and Shahrukh are equally worthy. Anyone who pays Rs 1.50 lakh can take one of them home. However, so far potential buyers have only offered about Rs 90,000, but Parvez claims his goats are the best in the area and will cost nothing less than Rs 1.50 lakh each.

Lahore, November 03: Flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi has described Pakistan captaincy as a ”sacrificial lamb” position.

“Everyone sees the captain as a sacrificial lamb every time,” Afridi told reporters after his meeting with the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Zaka Ashraf.

He, however, added that “he had no issues playing either as captain or a player in the team” again.

Making it clear that he had enjoyed leading Pakistan, Afridi said that if the board entrusted him with the responsibility again he was ready for it but would not run after it.

Riyadh, November 03: Several Saudi air force soldiers decided to cut their mission and land on a motorway in the middle of the day to perform prayers on time.

A photojournalist who happened to be passing on the motorway just outside the capital Riyadh caught the airmen kneeling down on the road while their helicopters were parked nearby.

“Despite the scorching sun and the hot asphalt, the airmen landed their Sikorsky helicopters on the road and performed prayers on time,” Sabq daily said.

–Agencies

Mumbai. November 03: Actress Veena Malik has again lashed out against her former boyfriend Mohammad Asif with whom she was rumoured to be secretly married. Veena has said that the former Pakistani cricketer has only himself to blame for the debacle.

Qutub Shahi Eik Khana mosque Rajendar Nagar uninhabited

New Delhi, November 03: Anna Hazare is likely to end his vow of silence tomorrow and head to Delhi where he may attend the meeting of the standing committee on the issue of Lokpal Bill.

“Anna will go to Delhi tomorrow and may participate in the Standing Committee meeting,” Hazare’s associate Datta Awari told PTI over phone from Ralegan Siddhi, over 200 kms from here.

Team Anna member Manish Sisodia is reaching Ralegan Siddhi today and will accompany Hazare to the national capital tomorrow.

Dubai, November 03: ‘Lungis’ have been banned from a Dubai cinema after complaints that the dress was a little too racy, a cinema manager said.

Bollywood Cinemas’ manager said women and men had complained men were coming to the theatre with “half mast” lungis, which effectively turns them into loincloths or short skirts.

A lungi is a long cloth tied at the waist and is popular in south India. It is normally worn “full mast” down to the ankles.

“Husbands complained, ‘how can we bring our wives and kids here?’,” said the manager.

Beijing, November 03: A woman caught red-handed stealing faced public humiliation. She was stripped off her clothes by a mob.

The mob which gathered, ripped off her clothing and wrote, “I am thief” in Chinese on her back. She was also physically assaulted.

She tied rags around her chest to prevent complete exposure reported by Asianone.

The incident happened in the city of Taizhou, in east China’s Zhejiang province.

The incident drew lot of attention from netizens.

Hyderabad, November 03: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu Wednesday launched state-wide “padyatra” (foot march) to highlight the problems faced by Andhra Pradesh’s farmers.

The leader of opposition in assembly kicked off “Ryty poru bata” from Dharmavaram in Anantapur district, demanding the government come to the rescue of distressed farmers.

The padyatra, the first-ever by Naidu in his three-decade-long political career, evoked a good response on the first day with large number of people turning out to hear him.

Mumbai, November 03: Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has a legion of fans all over the world, but not many will be able to beat Vishal Singh’s obsession with the star.

The 38-year-old Indian businessman has plastered every square inch of his house with Khan’s pictures and spent his honeymoon waiting outside the actor’s house in Mumbai, hoping to catch a glimpse of his idol.

“I will do anything that will make Shah Rukh Khan happy,” Singh, who runs a homeopathic medicine business from Lucknow city, told Reuters.

Mumbai, November 03: Vidya Balan will showcase her oomph quotient at the audio launch of her latest film – ‘The Dirty Picture’ on November 4 at 6 pm in a Mumbai suburban mall.

She is set to dance to ‘Oh La La’ – a steamy number from the film – at the launch, which is touted to be a free-for-all public event.

Meanwhile, co-star Tussar Kapoor is promoting the movie on every platform. He wrote on his twitter page: “It should be a first-of-its-kind audio launch where you will witness live performances by the star cast and singers.”

Hyderabad, November 03: It was not a festival and no discounts were on offer for the clothes and decorative items on sale at the stalls near the Secretariat on Tuesday. But still, the rush to buy everything from sarees to furniture must be seen to be believed. One of those vying to buy the goods was KLN Giri, an employee at the Secretariat. “I purchased furniture, blankets and some other items for Rs 3,000. They are of good quality and the price too is reasonable,” he said.

Hyderabad, November 03: Task Force West Zone sleuths nabbed four drug peddlers on Wednesday at Good Luck hotel in Langer Houz and seized two kg charas, two motorcycles and mobile phones from them.

This is the first time that they got the banned substance from a person in Kanpur, police said. The prime accused, 32-year-old Mohd Taj, is a class VII drop out from a city school and he later took up odd jobs like working at pan shops and as paper boy. Presently, he is working as a labourer in the Chengicherla slaughterhouse.

Hyderabad, November 03: More than 24 Muslim organizations which support T-movement staged a protest “Dharna” at NTR Stadium yesterday.

Mr. Zahid Ali Khan Member, Politburo of TDP while addressing the gathering said that after the formation A.P. State, Muslims suffered a lot and it could be compensated only by the formation of Telangana state. He said that right from 1956 onwards the Muslim community experienced losses to the maximum.

New Delhi, November 03: DMK MP Kanimozhi and seven other have been denied bail in the 2G scam case today.

Bail pleas of ex-Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura, A
Raja’s former Private Secretary RK Chandolia and 5 others
have also been dismissed by the Delhi Court.

All the bail pleas in the 2G case have been dismissed. The trial will begin from November 11.

All the accused will move Delhi High Court.

The court said that the charges levelled against the accused are very serious in nature, have grave implications for the economy.

–Agencies

Lucknow, November 03: Women must be properly educated and given training in skill building so that they could find their rightful place in society. If girls are educated, “angels” will be found everywhere. If all educated girls speak with one voice it will be a great voice.

This was stated by President Pratibha Patil at a function to mark the quasquicentennial celebrations (125 years) of the Isabella Thoburn College, first Christian women’s college of Asia, here on Wednesday.

New Delhi, November 03: Continuing his tirade against Swami Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for carrying out anti-corruption movements, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said that the two were not saints, but businessmen.

Talking to newspersons here, Singh said, “wearing saffron robes does not make one a saint. They may wear saffron robes, but in reality, they are businessmen”.

Swami Ramdev runs his Patanjali Yog university and Divya Yog Pharmacy, while Sri Sri Ravi Shankar runs his Art of Living Foundation.

Kolkata, November 03: “Mamata Banerjee for Prime Minister.” This clamour was raised by the Trinamool Congress leadership of States at a special session here on Wednesday where she was unanimously re-elected party chairperson.

“Mamata Banerjee has been elected unopposed,” announced Union Minister of State for Shipping and party general secretary Mukul Roy, who was the returning officer. Leaders from Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Jharkhand and the Andaman and Nicobar, besides West Bengal, were present.

Tirupati, November 03: Actor-turned-politician and Congress MLA K Chiranjeevi on Wednesday denied reports that appeared in a section of media that the government led by Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has come in minority and lost moral right to rule the State.

Hyderabad, November 03: Handloom and Textiles Minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Wednesday stated that formation of Telangana would take longer as the Centre will have to follow certain procedures to effect the bifurcation of the State.

Talking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party Office, Shankar Rao said that it took more than two years of time for the formation of three states which were carved out in the recent past. While Uttarakhand was formed in 24 months, Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in 28 months and it took 32 months for the formation of Chattisgarh.

Gandhinagar, November 03: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has no plans to advance the elections to the Assembly as anticipated by the State Congress.

“Why should I go for early elections?” Mr. Modi said when asked by journalists at a Hindu Vikram Samvat new year get-together here on Wednesday about the opposition Congress assessment to this effect.

Probably, the Congress central leadership had informed the State party set-up to prepare for an early Parliamentary election, but it had started the exercise in the name of the Assembly elections to mislead the people, he said.

New Delhi, November 03: With yet another petrol price hike looming large, the Petroleum Ministry said on Wednesday that it was up to the oil marketing companies (OMCs) to decide on the issue since the fuel has been deregulated.

On the other hand, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister S. Jaipal Reddy has sought a meeting of the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) to decide on increasing the prices of diesel, domestic LPG and kerosene due to the growing under-recoveries from the sale of the subsidised fuels.

Washington, November 03: Barack Obama topped Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful people in 2011, as the US leader’s clout rose after the deaths of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Obama bumped Chinese President Hu Jintao from the No. 1 spot on the magazine’s annual rankings.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel remained the most powerful woman at No. 4 on the list, as Europe’s largest economy continued to wield its influence over the troubled European Union.

Hyderabad, November 03: The State police see a threat potential to the elected representatives from the Telangana region from the outlawed CPI (Maoists).

In a letter written to the Congress MPs and TRS MLAs, who have surrendered their security, the State Intelligence Department feared that the MPs and MLAs might have a threat from the banned CPI (Maoists).

Karimnagar, November 03: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ch Vidyasagar Rao on Wednesday accused Union Home Minister P Chidambaram of trying to buy time to delay the decision on Telangana state.

Referring to Chidambaram’s recent statement that there would be some movement on Telangana decision after Eid, the BJP leader said that the Union Minister and other spokespersons was making irrelevant statements without making their party’s stand clear on the issue. He said that these ‘unnecessary’ statements would frustrate the Telangana people and asked him to not test their patience.